The material wasn’t up-to-snuff for a level 1 bulletproof vest,
which can stand up to a .22 caliber rifle bullet at normal speed.
At a slower speed, it did stop the bullet compared to normal
skin.

The “skin”, created by artist Jalila Essaidi and the Forensic
Genomics Consortium Netherlands,is made from human skin
cells from the Leiden University Medical Center in the
Netherlands and super-strong spider silk protein, which was
derived from goats and worms genetically modified to produce the
protein at Utah State University in Logan.

Essaidi helped develop the skin as part of an art project that
demonstrates “Which forms of safety are socially important?”
According to International Business Times, the project was
called “2.6g 329m/s” after the maximum weight and velocity of a
.22 caliber rifle bullet.

Dutch artist Jalila
Essaidi contacted Utah State University researchers who were
working with an isolated spider silk gene and goat's milk for her
project creating bulletproof skinJalila
Essaidi

The team claims that during a firing process, this bullet — with
partly reduced speed –went straight through a normal piece of
human skin. The ‘bulletproof’ human skin stopped the bullet at
the same speed, but didn’t survive a shot with the actual speed
after which the project was named, the release stated.

Watch Essaidi explain the purpose of her project and the method
for developing the skin:

Fox News
goes on to state that the bulletproof skin technology is a long
way from being used in the field, but is a foray into future
protective gear. But for now, the skin has won the Designers
& Artists 4 Genomics Award.